Happiness is, in truth, a very cheap thing, when the heart will be contented to traffic with nature - art has quite a different price.

Those who cannot think, have, in my opinion, a necessity (which goes very far towards creating a right) for amusement.

Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession.

What a ready passport wealth gives its possessor to the good opinions of this world!

There is hardly a more heart-thrilling pleasure enjoyed by mortals, than that which parents feel when seeing their child first being able to 'catch knowledge of objects.

many tender, delicate mothers, seem to think that to make their children eat, is all that is requisite to make them great.

The fearful are the failing.